My Nicest Thoughts

Welcome to Day 2 of our Anni-VERVE-sary Spotlight Hop series! Hop along with the Divas all week long as we share our first looks at a few of the new products releasing from Verve on Friday night! One lucky commenter along the hop will win today's featured sets and dies.  So be sure and leave a little love as you hop around the Divasphere!  Check the Verve Blog for prize details and deadlines.

And since today is Monday, I'm also sharing my weekly Mojo Monday card.  This week's sketch was designed by the fabulous Debbie Carriere.  Be sure to check the Mojo blog today for the DT samples with this sketch!

But for now, it's back to the sneaky peeks!!!  Our spotlight for today is shining on a new set called You and I, with its coordinating I Heart U Die Set and the Nicest Thoughts Plain Jane.  For my card, I chose to work with the Nicest Thoughts Plain Jane paired with the Sunny Days set and Leafy Sprigs die we showcased yesterday.

I just love this Georgia O'Keeffe quote in the same font treatment as last month's Words Cannot Express set and the Light Tomorrow plain jane.  And since you know how I like mixing and matching sets, I wanted to show how the small sun image from New Mercies works with the sun/flower images in Sunny Days.  To make my flower, I stamped the two sizes of flowers from Sunny Days and the small sun from New Mercies onto patterned paper and punched them out with a 1-3/8", 1-1/8" and 3/4" circle punch.  I sponged the edges lightly with ink to give a little depth, then snipped every few lines all around each circle to give that shabby feel and layered together on dimensionals.  A nice little edging of Stickles and a pearl center gives it some super sparkle. Here's a little closeup so you can see it better...

The leaves are cut from patterned paper with the Leafy Sprigs die and then stamped with the coordinating leaf stamps from Sunny Days.  I layered the whole thing on a scrap of white burlap that I inked with Antique linen Distress Stain and finished off with a bit of filmstrip and some real red taffeta in the corner.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out what the rest of the Divas have to share today and leave a little comment love as you hop about for a chance to win!  Next up on the hop is ... Charmaine!

1. Julee 9. Laurie 2. Charmaine 10. Maureen 3. Tosha 11. Amy 4. Andrea 12. Jen d. 5. Teresa 13. Shannan 6. Jackie 14. Lynda 7. Sarah {Guest} 15. Jen T. 8. Marisa {Guest} 16. Betty

Enabler's List:
Stamps: Sunny Days, New Mercies, Nicest Thoughts Plain Jane (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Odds & Ends (Cosmo Cricket), basic black, real red (SU!), cream
Ink: Jet Black Archival, Tumbled Glass and Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Lucky Limeade (SU!)
Accessories: Leafy Sprigs Die Set (A Cut Above by VERVE), 1-3/8, 1-1/8 and 3/4" circle punches (EK Success), film strip (Advantus), ribbon (SU!), Stardust Stickles (Ranger), white burlap, pearl, lace doily border punch (Martha Stewart)